Howdy
Probably a silly question. When reloading, should the hammer be set at half cock or full cock? I am assuming half cock because the trigger cannot be tripped from the half cock position. Half cock, open and eject, load new round, full cock, fire?
The only reason I question this is because we used to have a Black Powder match in these parts where we brought along our single shots too. We would often fire ten shots up close against the clock. I noticed a lot of guys were going directly to full cock before opening the action, to save time.
I shot my Sharps at these matches, and I always went to half cock before opening the action. The guys with the Trapdoor carbines who went directly to full cock were much faster than me.